United States Central Command
Unified combatant command of the U.S. Armed Forces responsible for the Middle East
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| January 20 2025 | Lloyd Austin completed his term as U.S. Secretary of Defense. |
| March 2024 | Lt Col Deane L. Lake assumes command of Combat Detachment 3-1 (CDet 3-1) |
| March 12 2024 | U.S. Space Forces Central Combat Detachment 3-1 (CDet 3-1) was established, tasked with providing command and control for SPACECENT teams in the region, focusing on space-based capabilities like missile warning detection and communications. |
| March 2023 | United Arab Emirates ceased participation in the Combined Maritime Forces after being a member since 2002. |
| December 2 2022 | USSPACEFOR-CENT was established, initially composed of 28 personnel, with Colonel Christopher S. Putman serving as its first commander. |
| December 2 2022 | United States Space Forces – Central (USSPACEFOR-CENT) was officially activated as the Space Force component field command to the United States Central Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. |
| November 22 2022 | USSPACEFOR-INDOPAC was established, with Colonel Anthony Mastalir becoming its first commander. |
| May 2022 | Plans changed to first establish United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific (USSPACEFOR-INDOPAC), with Colonel Christopher S. Putman replacing Mastalir as director of space forces. |
| April 2022 | Vice Admiral Brad Cooper established Combined Task Force 153, with a mission of maritime security and capacity building efforts in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden. Captain Robert Francis was designated as the first CTF-153 commander. |
| 2021 | Initial plans for establishing Space Force component field commands began, with Colonel Anthony Mastalir assigned to director of space forces at the Ninth Air Force to stand up USSPACEFOR-CENT. |
| November 2021 | Secretary Frank Kendall III approved the creation of Space Force elements in U.S. European Command, U.S. Central Command, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. |
| January 22 2021 |
Lloyd Austin became the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense, after previously serving as a Commander of U.S. Central Command.
Farewell Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (As Delivered) > U.S. Department of Defense > Speech
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NATO Defense Ministerial February 2021: Readouts of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks - U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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| January 15 2021 | Responsibility for Israel was transferred from Europe Command to CENTCOM. |
| December 1 2018 | NAVCENT commander Vice Admiral Scott A. Stearney was found dead in his residence in Bahrain. Rear Admiral Paul J. Schlise assumed interim command, with Vice Admiral Jim Malloy later taking command. |
| 2016 | U.S. naval ships were attacked in the Bab al-Mandeb strait, with the USS Nitze subsequently destroying three radar sites in Yemen in retaliation. |
| 2015 | Deployed forces to Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission. |
| January 11 2015 | CENTCOM's Twitter feed was reportedly hacked by ISIS sympathizers for less than one hour. |
| 2014 | Began Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, providing support and advise-and-assist roles. |
| April 2013 | Central Command Forward - Jordan (CF-J) was announced, with the stated purpose of working with Jordanian armed forces to improve their capabilities. The task force was also speculated to potentially serve as a base for potential raids into Syria. |
| 2011 |
United States Forces – Iraq (USF-I) was disestablished after serving as a major subordinate multi-service command during the Iraq War.
Ending the U.S. War in Iraq: The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq: Brennan, Richard R., Ries, Charles P., Hanauer, Larry, Connable, Ben, Kelly, Terrence K., McNerney, Michael J., Young University of Southern In, Stephanie L., Campbell, Jason, McMahon, K. Scott: 9780833080479: Amazon.com: Books
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